From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. J. Smylie at Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to run cotton past the United States Navy's blockade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Navy Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown, commander of the Confederate C. S. S. Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for carpenters to work on the pilot house.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Atwood at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, transferring state printing duties to the Mississippi Pilot, R. C. Power proprietor.